Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Chemical Sciences Ludwig F. Audrieth Papers Finding Aid Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Chemical Sciences Ludwig F. Audrieth Papers Finding Aid Title: Ludwig F. Audrieth Papers, 1927-34, 1941-48, 1954, 1956-63, 1965, 1966
ID: 15/5/28
Primary Creator: Audrieth, L. F. (Ludwig Frederick) (1901-1967)
Extent: 1.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material (corres. & pub.) and chronological thereunder.
Subjects: Faculty Papers, Foreign Policy, General Studies, Division of, German Universities, Germany - Business and Industry, Germany - Science and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, National Science Foundation (NSF), Nitrogen Chemistry, Picatinny Arsenal, Scientific Attaches, Solvents, Non-Aqueous, State, United States Department of, Sucaryl, World War II - Scientific Research and Development
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Ludwig Frederick Audrieth (1901-67), professor of chemistry (1935-61) and scientific advisor and attache at Bonn (1959-63), including correspondence, clippings and programs relating to his work at Bonn; a report on the status of inorganic chemistry at German universities prepared for the National Science Foundation (1963) and supporting correspondence with German directors of inorganic chemistry institutes, including R. Appel, M. Becke, G. Brauer, Werner Fischer, F. Feher, G. Fritz, Oskar Glemser, J. Goubeau, V. Gutmann, H. Hartmann, Hayek, Walter Hieber, R. Juza, Karl Jahr, W. Klemm, H. W. Kohlschutter, R. Nast, Bertold Reuter, W. Rudorff, Max Schmidt, F. Seel, H. Siebert, F. Strassman, Ulrich Wannagat and E. Wiberg (1962-63); reprints of articles on non-aqueous solvents, nitrogen chemistry and inorganic compounds (1930-34) and correspondence and related material concerning Paul Walden (1927-57), the discovery of sucaryl (1936, 1950, 1966); military service at Picatinny Arsenal (1942-45) and University policies and practices.
The series includes lecture materials and reading supplements for D.G.S. 334, The Impact of Science and Technology on National and International Affairs (1966) and Science, Technology and Foreign Affairs, Report on Seminar, Audrieth and Chinn, Department of State, 1965.
Ludwig ("Lou") Frederick Audrieth (1901-1967) was associate (1928-35); assistant professor (1935-38); associate professor (1938-47); and professor (1947-61) of chemistry at the University of Illinois (UI). He was an influential diplomat and chemist known for his contributions to the chemistry of non-aqueous solvents.
Audrieth was born in Vienna, Austria, on February 23, 1901, to parents Frederika and Ludwig A. Audrieth. In 1902, he emigrated with his family to the United States, and, in 1912, he became a naturalized US citizen. He earned a B.S. from Colgate University (1922) and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Cornell University (1926). He was a research fellow at Cornell (1926-28) before he joined the UI Chemistry Department in 1928 and undertook a National Research Fellowship at the University of Rostock, Germany (1931-32). Audrieth's research explored nitrogen chemistry and reactions in non-aqueous solvents as well as "the chemistry of nitrogen-phosphorus compounds and of sulfamic acid, sulfamide, and their derivatives" (UIUC Dept. of Chemistry). In 1939, he and Michael Sveda discovered the artificial sweetener sodium cyclamate, which was by 1950 sold commercially in the form of Sucaryl. Audrieth also made contributions to the chemistry of rocket fuels and the production of hydrazine, publishing The Chemistry of Hydrazine (coauthored with B. A. Ogg) in 1950. He was a founder and contributor to Inorganic Syntheses and served on its board of editors (1934-67). In 1953, he published Non-Aqueous Solvents: Applications as Media for Chemical Reactions (coauthored with Jacob Kleinberg).
During his time at UI, Audrieth took leave on several occasions to serve the United States government as Army Reserves officer with the Chemical Corps (1930-42), major and chief of the research division at the US Ordnance Department at Picatinny Arsenal (1942-46), and scientific attache at the American Embassy in Bonn, West Germany (1959-63). In 1963, he took on the role of visiting professor of science affairs at the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State in Washington, DC. Audrieth received the Prechtly Medal in Vienna (1965) for his diplomatic efforts.
Audrieth married Maryon Laurice Trevett on March 27, 1937, and they had three children. He died aged 65 on January 28, 1967.
Sources:
"Audrieth, Ludwig Frederick (1907-1967)," Department of Chemistry, UIUC, accessed May 8, 2020, https://chemistry.illinois.edu/spotlight/faculty/audrieth-ludwig-frederick-1907-1967.
"Ludwig Frederick Audrieth (1907-67): Synthetic Sweeteners and Statesman," American Chemical Society (ACS), accessed May 8, 2020, https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/noyeslaboratory.html#ludwig-frederick-audrieth-biography.
Wikipedia, s.v. "Ludwig Audrieth," accessed May 8, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Audrieth.
Faculty Papers
Foreign Policy
General Studies, Division of
German Universities
Germany - Business and Industry
Germany - Science and Technology
Inorganic Chemistry
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Nitrogen Chemistry
Picatinny Arsenal
Scientific Attaches
Solvents, Non-Aqueous
State, United States Department of
Sucaryl
World War II - Scientific Research and Development
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